Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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AH our rows renew. FACULTY ter Yea ger, general shops, and Marion I. Laubach, languages. C urrent term marks two decades of operation since school first opened doors to admit students. Now under same administration as senior high school, programs of both schools are even more closely integrated than before. Teachers are all well prepared to instruct assigned subjects, several of them teaching both junior and senior high school classes. Two instructors. both outstanding members of the faculty, have taught in school since its inception -Charles H. Bilheimer (seated, left center), who gave up elementary principalship to teach junior high, and Laura Weed, extreme right foreground. Faculty also boasts set of twins. William (standing. rear center, second from right) and Alfred (seated, right foreground) Laubach. Six are war vets. -Harry Reiff, Robert Wedde, Howard Dot-ter. Wi lliam and Alfred Laubach. and Lester Yeager, the last named having served overseas in World War I. Program of the school, including both academic and activities, is complete and modern. Clubs numbering 21. all sponsored by faculty members, flourish and hold meetings during designated hours on schooLthrie. Severed of many top notch activities incitideVTections helcf Qad semester. annual Chrwtrnns pltf) ajid yearly proTUotion pageant. Page Zv

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Alma Mater! Alma Mater! JUNIOR HIGH Amptennian photographer broke in on one of frequent meetings of Junior High faculty to snap this informal picture. Informality is practice among these sessions, during which faculty members let down their hair to discuss problems. Seated, left foreground. is Leon Kuntz. instructor in music; seated. left to ri center foreground, are Mabel YV. Jenkins, girls physical education; Eleanor Roberts, home economics; Charles H. Bilheim-er. mathematics, and Vivian M. C oble. mathematics; standing, left to right, rear center, are Harry G. Reiff. manual arts: Robert R. Wedde, business training: Howard I Jotter, mechanical drawing; David V. Miller, science; Norman A. Laub. principal; Wil-liam Laubach. history, and Albert Erdosy. boys physical education. Seated on right are Alfred Laubach. civics: Nelle Y. Pluck, lib rarian; Mabel I. Schisler, English: Jennie F. Smith, geography, and Laura Weed. English. Standing. right rear, are Les- Paqe 24

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Hail to Thee, Northampton High School SENIOR HIGH IDA SCHOCK BENNER. R.N. Service seems to be Mrs. Benner s middle name. Under Nurse Benner s public health program, our community is well cared for. Composing poetry, collecting family heirlooms, and participating to the full in Quota club activities are additional absorbing sidelines. The Senior girls weekly jaunts to the Wolf building find her ready with practical information on home nursing. WILLIAM F. BENNETT Now serving our school, under the official title of Home and School Visitor, Mr. Bennett is also learned in mathematics and the sciences. An active participant in churc h affairs, a great deal of his time is also spent in collecting stamps and raising bees. EDWIN J. BERG Hark! C omes the thunder of martial music and the rhythmic beat of niarchirig 4e$ .as the band swings down the line. On the fLurt ol the lirst r5ok isnone other than Mr. Berg, natty in his con-cfuctor s .umfoTit».T of music, especially that of bands, he spends much of his spare tiiha pfoying with and conducting several out of ♦o'wn bands. In the' classroom it’s English and German. Page 20